Anthony Powell

Person · Open Library

Born

1905

Died

2000

Works

103

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Country

BR

Active from

1937-08-06

Active to

2000-09-26

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

524

Total plays

992

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. Trimmomatic: a flexible trimmer for Illumina sequence data

   · 2014 · cited 61,883x

2. SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python

   · 2020 · cited 36,438x

3. The Iron Cage Revisited: Institutional Isomorphism and Collective Rationality in Organizational Fields

   · 1983 · cited 31,483x

4. A global reference for human genetic variation

   · 2015 · cited 17,770x

5. The FAIR Guiding Principles for scientific data management and stewardship

   · 2016 · cited 14,605x

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Quotes

• “The whole idea of interviews is in itself absurd – one cannot answer deep questions about what one's life was like – one writes novels about it.”
• “Parents – especially step-parents – are sometimes a bit of a disappointment to their children. They don't fufill the promise of their early years.”
• “He fell in love with himself at first sight and it is a passion to which he has always remained faithful.”
• “Self-love seems so often unrequited.”
• “[T]here is no greater sign of innate misery than a love of teasing.”
• “Growing old's like being increasingly penalized for a crime you haven't committed.”

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Part of

Bright Young Things

Family name

Powell

Gender

male

Citizenship

United Kingdom

Place of birth

London

Place of death

Frome

Occupation

literary critic

Educated at

Eton College

Languages spoken

English language

Conflict

World War II

Military branch

British Army

Image

Anthony Powell with Violet on their wedding day in 1934.jpg

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